Card-making machine



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CARD MAKING MACHINE.

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A.- S. TREW ET AL.

CARD MAKING MACHINE.

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FILED )UNI-21, 1918.

Jan. 9, 1923. 1,441,385.

. A. s. TREW ET AL.

CARD MAKING MACHINE.

FILED JUNE 2l, 191.8. 5 SHEETS-SHEET 3,

Jan. 9, 1923.

A. S. TREW ET AL.

CARD MAKING MACHINE.

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FILED .IUNI2l, 1918.

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A. s. TR1-:W ET AL.

CARD MAKING MACHINE.

FILED JUNE 21.1918. 5 SHEETS-SHEET 5.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

ARTHUR s. TREW AND FRANK'A. BULLING'oN, OF PORTLAN'DQOREGON, AssIGfNoRsvTo TREW TABULATIVNG MACHINE COMPANY, A CORPORATIONOF OREGON.,

-CAR1 -MAKING MACHINE.

Applicatin inea .Tune 21,

and FRANK A. BULLINGTON, citizens of the United States, residing in thecity of Port- 5 land, county of Multnomah,` and State of Oregon, haveinventedcertain new and usefulv Improvements in Card-Making Machines, ofwhich the following is a specifica'- tion. i

Our invention relates to card making ma! chines, and more particularlydtoa machine adapted for making cards on4 which certain data orinformation" .is indicated' by record holes and also by print. Suchacard is shown in the pending application of Arthur S. Trevv, oneofapplicants herein, for auto.-

matic pneumatic4 card assortingv machine, filed May 8, 1917, Serial No.167,264.

The principal object of this invention is to providea machine by meansof which `cards can be printed, punched and cut from'a supply of cardmaterial by the simple manipulation of keys and co-operation mechanisms,

' We have also provided in combination therevwith and as a part thereof,adding mechamsm for totalingitems listed under differ ent headingsprinted on said cards as they are printed, punchedand out from the cardmaterial passing through'the machine.

l Another object of the invention is to provide a machine of thecharacter referred to which is automatic in the performance of' itsfunctionythat is, for example, by the manipulation of certain keys, asin the manipu- Q lation of the keys of an adding machine,

and the pressing of a release or trip member, the machine automaticallyprints certain headings, 'also prints certain information under saidheadings, also 'idicates said 40 information by record punches throughsaid card material, under said headings, carries 'forward the totals of'certain of the infor-.-

mation so indicated b print and punch, and cuts and dischargessaid cardfrom the ma- Lachine.l These'cards are then assorted by theassortingmachine, Y,

In order to morefully explain our lnvention, We have illustrated-onepractical embodiment., thereof onthe accompanying` sheets of drawings,which we will now describe.

. I 191s. serial No. 241,190.v

I Figure l is a side elevation thereof, from the right-hand side;

Figure 2 S a Side elevation thereof, from the opposite side;

Figure 3 is a top-plan view thereof; Figure 4 is a ,detail view of oneof the keys in depressedposition, showing the released -selector bar instopped position, and also showing the downor printing position of oneof the type bars; Figure 5 is a detail view showing the opposite end ofone of the selector bars, and the operating connectionsfor,l restoringthe selector bars to normal positions;

Figure 6 is a detail view showing an operating bar in its forwardposition, with cams for operating different mechanisms 1n connectionwith the feeding and punching of the card material;

Figure 7 is a side elevation of the mechanism which times .andcontrolsthe adding orA totaling mechanism;

Figure 8 isvaview of one of the cards made by the machine;

Figure 9 is akey showing the different punches for` indicating thenumerals fromi 0 to 9' F ignrd 10 is a'viewshowin the knife and itsconnections for cutting t e v cards from 80 the card material aftertheyare printed and punched; l

Figure 11 isa detail view of the tripping mechanism for the carry overconnections between the counter wheels. ,c

Referring first to Figs.' 8' and 9, we will describe the card and `themanner of indieating the desired information thereon.v As the cardmaterial is advanced intermittently through the machine, a die printsthe head- 'I Month: Day: Mz Station from: Station 95 Y to. Theinformation under these headings is indicated both by the printednumeral and by the punches positioned to indicate the 'same numeral ornumber.' vFor 'the 8th month, the l8 key is struck. This operates A10oto print on the card, under the heading' l lMonth thenumeral 8, andalsoto punch bers from 1 to 9, as will be understood by reference to thekey. The .numerals are printed between the positions for the holes,

' so that the printed numeral and the holes will notl interfere witheach other. On the card, Fig. 8, the day indicated is the 23rd, which isprinted and also indicated by the proper combination ofholes. UnderStation from is indicated the number 6597, printed and punched. Underthis heading,

.according to the card shown, there are po'` sitions for six numerals,which accounts for two cipher punches at the left of the number 6597.All positions to the left of the number used, if said number does nothave' -six numerals in it, are occupied by cipher Referring now to thedrawings, our invention, as here embodied for 4'purposes of illustrationis mounted upon aibase frame,

composed ofthe side members 1,'1, and theA end members 2, 2, and twosupporting members 3, 3. The base frame may be sup'- ported on anysuitable -standard, whereby to be moved freely from place to place.

Ve will describe the mechanisms in the order of the operation there.Supported under the machine, by the bars 4, is a ro-ll4 of card material5, the end o-f which passes upwardly around a roller 6, provided at oneend, Fig. 2, with. a gear 7, which meshes with a gear 8, on a die roller9for printing Athe headings on the cards, above referred to. rlhe dieroller has provision for printing three horizontal rows of headings, asshown on the card, Fig. 8, although there is no heading in the thirdposition on the card shown. The roller 6 over whichithe paper or cardmaterial 5 passes, isalso provided at this end with a detent wheel 10,acted on by a retaining roller 11. The paper or card material 5, afterpassing aroundthe roller 6, passes rearwardly over a supporting plate,12, to the position of a knife 13, at which the end of the paper is outoff and fall/s into a container 14, as a card 15; The plate 12 forms adie at one place through which the' punching pins, hereinafter referredto, pass in 'punching the holes through the card.

Referring now to the opposite side of the machine, Fig. 1, the roller 6,over which the paper runsis provided with a feed ratchet 16, adaptedtobe advanced by a 'awl 17, carried by the p-ivoted arm 18, provi ed atits lower-end with a cam roller 19, adapted torv run on a c am member20, when said vcam member 20 and other parts mounted to move therewith,are moved forwardly in a manner'` hereinafter again referred to. Thepaper roller 6 is also ,provided at this end with an extension shaft 6a,provided with a thumb nut 6b for turning the same by hand, whendesired'. Detachably supported under the die roller 9, is an ink roller21, having a handle 22, with a. through pin 23, adapted to fitinto abifurcated supporting member 24, pivoted at its outer end, and at itsinner end drawn upwardly by means of a spring 25, whereby said inkroller 21 is held yieldingly up aga'inst the die roller 9. The dieroller 9' is mountedin a bracket 26, pivoted at its upper end, as at 27,and yieldingly held to the paper roller 6 by means of a spring 28,

on a plunger rod 29, working through thel front of the supportingstandard S.

We will next describe the carriage on the front of' the machine andwhich travels across the machine, and comprises. the keyV board, of 11keys, as here shown, the type the end bar 33, across the front end ofthev main frame, said carriage, indicated as` a whole, 34, travelssimilar to the carriage of a typewriter. Referring to Fig. 4, there isshown one key of the carriage, with its connections for operating litstype bar, also shown, and also the stop for determining the position -fthe selector bar, shown in fragmentary view, but not moving withthe`-car' riage mechanisms. When the key 35 is depressed, as shown inFig. 4, it operates through a'forked portion 35', to depress the typebar, 3 7 whereby the type 38 thereon strikes down on r`to the paper 5,moving thereunder. This connection to the type bar is by means of -thespring 39, while a spring 40 returns the type bar to its rest position.

stop lip 1352, which is raised into position by will catch and hold theselector bar 41,

,the depressing of the keyl bar 35, so that it which is drawn rearwardlyby a coiled spring 42, at its opposite end; F ig. The depressing ofthekey bar 35 also operates through a rock bale 36, to raise a latch bar44, pivotally mounted at one end, as at 45,

to the under side of a cross bar 45', The outer end of said latch bar 44is provided with a laterally projectingy lip 44a,-adapted to catch inthe notches 41a in the selector y. bar 41. The 'latch bar 44 isyieldingly held down in engagement with the notches of the selector bar41 by means of a spring 46. It

will be understood, of course, that each of the keys of the travelingcarriage has a corresponding set of mechanisms, as'shown in 4 for keybar 35. The parts which travel with and are part of the combined .and 6.

carriage are the key bars 35, 35, the rack bar 36, typebars 37, andtheconnecting springs 39. The'latch bars 44 are movably held in spacedrelationship by a slotted cross plate, set edgewise, and designated 44,said latch bars corresponding in number to the selector bars, 41. Thecarriage'travels under the latch bars 44 and under the ends of theselector bars 41, as shown. vvEach of the selector bars 41, Fig. 6, nearits rear end, is provided with laterally projecting lips or ledges, as41, 41, extending along its upper and lower edges, and through ywhichare slidably mounted plungers 47 and 48, plunger 47 being wide enough todepress twok punch pins when depressed and plunger 48 being just wideenough to depress one punch pin when moved above said punch pins,`hereinafter'referred to. Said plungers 47 and 48 are yieldinglydrawn totheir raised positions by means of springs 49 and 50, and are providedat their lower ends with stop lugs 51 and 52. Said plungers move withtheir selector bars .to Idifferent positions above the punch` pins 53,and transversely thereof, as will be understood from Figs. 14

With eachfdepressionof a ke'y bar35, an

V escapement fis operated which permits theI carriage to move one stepacross the front of the machine. This escapement is shown lin dottedlines in Fig. 1 and comprises a rock bale 54, pivotally mounted on ashaft 55, extended across the front of the machine, 'below the key bars.This ro'ck,I bale is common to all of the key bars so that when any keyis depressed, said rock bale is also depressed. The carriage'hasattached thereto a tension tape on a springactuated spool for drawing itacross the front of the machine. This is mounted on the side 'of themachine and is designated 56, F 3. With each depression of the rock bale54, the carriage is released to be moved one notch. Mounted on. thecarriage is a ratchet 57, on which operates a ratchet wheel 5 8, mountedon the upper end of a shaft 59, in a bracket bearing 60. On the lowerend of said shaft 59 is an escapement wheel 61, controlled by anescapement arm 62,.mounted on the shaft 55, and adapted to be rocked bythe depression 'of the rock bale'54,to permit the escapement wheel "61to turn one step. This escapement' mechanism may be of any suitabletype. The, carriage is held and guided on the carrier-bar 32 by fouranti-friction rollers or wheels at each side of the carriage frame, asindicated in dotted lines at 63, Fig. 1, while the front of the carriageruns on the bar 33.

We have also provided atabulating mech-v anism whereby the carriage canbe tripped so as to be vmoved forwardly to different predeterminedpositions. tMounted on, the top plate 31, at ithe left hand end thereof,is a key box 64, having keys 65, each' mounted on a plunger b-ar 66,extended through the key box 64, as clearly indicated in 1. Vithin thekey box, on the plunger bars 66, are springs 67 for nor'- mally holdingsaid keys in Atheir raised positions. Mounted under said key box fis adepression plate 68. Said depression plate rests upon a pair of spacedelbow shaped rock plates 69, at each side of the carriage, and indicatedin dotted lines, Fig. 1. The ratchet bar 57 is carried by the lower endof said elbow rock plates, alsol indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1.`Mounted at. the further end of the carriage 34, isa stopI plate 70, Fig.2, adapted to' catch onvthe lower ends of theplungers 66 of the keys de.

pressed. This releases the carriage by moving the ratchet bar 57 out ofmesh with the ratchet wheel 58 and allows the carriage to be drawnforwardly by the tension tape.

until the stop plate 70 engages the key barl cated in afgeneral way at72, Fig. 1, the

ratchet being operated by a link 73, connected to the rocker lever 73,whereby each time said rocker lever 73 is operated, the.

ribbon is stepped forward one notch. l

lFromthe foregoing it will be understood that as the keys 35 aredepressed, the selec tor bars are released:l and permitted to be movedrearwardlyuntil stopped by the stop lips 35"L on the keys depressed.The. selector bars are held in the stopped position by the latch bars44. That is, theyare first stopped by the stop lips 35a`on the ,keysIdepressed and then held4 by the latch bars 44, which drop into thenotchesV as the keys are released. y y The selector bars carry theypunch 'pin operating plungers 47 and- 48, shown in Fig. 6, and theseplungers 'stop over the punch pins 53 and in such position as to operatethe proper pins to punch'the cards to indicatethe number printed by thecorresponding type bar. This will be understoodv from the key shown inFig. 9. The punch pins 53 are supported through spaced plates -74J and75, and each has a collar 76 thereon, as

79, 7 9,-connected at their lower ends to the rock levers 73, 73,whereby as said rock levers are moved in a manner 'hereinafterdescribed,said cross bar 78 is depressed and depresses all of theplungers 47 and 48, carried by the selector bars, which have been4movedl forwardly during the operation of the keys 35. This depressionof said cross bar 78 and the plungers which have been moved to differentpositions over .different punch pins, operates to depress the punch pinsdirectly under the plungers. As the lower -plate 75 movesdownwardly withthe cross bar 78, all of the punch pins are free to Inovedown on/ to thepaper thereunder, but only those depressed by the selected plungers, 47and 48, are pushed through the paper.; to make the holes whichcorrespond .through a suitable clutch mechanism 80,y a

, hanger 87, moving therewith and runningcrank 81, with whichis'connected a pitman 82, connected at its opposite vend with adownwardly depending plate- 83, secured to an operating bar 84,supported in depending hangers 85, 85, provided at their lowerends withbearing rollers 86, 86. Said operating bar 84 is provided at its rearend witha ati its upper end on the bar 3, as clearly shown in Figs. 5.and 6. lThe clutch mechanism, designated as a whole 80, can be of anysuitable type, such for example, as that used in adding machines, 'andneed not be .here further described. A trip' rod 88 extends from.- saidclutch forwardly to the front of the machine where it is attached to thelower end of anA arm 89, pivotally suspended at 9.0 and connected to beoperated by means of a fork 91, engaged by the operating end of a triplever or key 92, whereby when said trip lever-or key 92 is depressed,

- it operates through .the arm 89 andthe rod 88 to trip the clutch 80,whereupon the crank 81 is given one turn, moving the operating bar 84forwardly and back again. This carries the cam-plate 83 and the pawls98and 109, hereinafter again .referred to.

"fmovementof the operating bar occurs each time the trip key 92 isdepressed, assuming that the motor is running. As the operating barmoves forwardly, with the plate 83,

to the position as indicated in Fig. 6, the

upper edge of said plate 83 operates as a cam and rocksthe rocker lever73, which operates through the. rods 79 to depress. the cross bar 78,-which operates the plungers rear of the selector bars, Fig. 5, is arestoring bale 96, having an operating dog 97, adapted'to be engaged bya pawl 98, pivoted on the operating bar 84, whereby as said bar 84 ismoved forwardly, saidh pawl 98 moves kunder the operating dog '97, tolthe position shown in Fig. 6, and upon its return movement, engageswith the dog 97 and raises it, as shown'in Fig. 5, thus operating toswing the bale 96 forwardly for the purpose of returning all of theselector Pivotally mountedin the base frame, in the I bars 41 to theirnormal positions, in which positions they are held by latch bars44,

previously described. vThe restoring bale 96 is provided at one side ofthe machine with an operating hand crank 99, Fig. 3, whereby it 'ispossible, in case of error by striking the wrong key, for the operatorbyvsimply depressing said crank 99, to restore all of the selector barsto their normal positions. The correctkey or keys can then bemanipulated before the trip key is touched.

Mounted through the machine, in the rear of the restoring bale, is ashaft 100, provided at one .fend with a disc 101, having four laterallyprojecting stop and operati ing pins 102. Also mounted on said shaft100, at its end, is a cam arm 103, which operates as itturns aroundtoengage and depress a bar 104, pivoted to a block 105,.on the underside of the bar 3, Fig. 1," and the forward end of which bar 104 isconnected with a vertical connecting link 106, for` operating a knife107 ,which-has a shearing engagement. with the edge of a plate 108,

4 under which the end of the paper is fed.

The shaft 100 is intermittently operated by the pivoted pawl 109,connected to the operating bar 84, as at 110, said pawl 109 having a pinengaging socket 109 adapted to engage the operating pins 102, as saidpawl returns from a forward movement,as will be clearly understood from.Fig. 6. A holding pawl 111 is provided, having a head 112, which fitslyieldingly between the pins 102, as shown in Fig. 1, for holding saiddisc and shaftvfromA being'turned rearwardly, while permitting it to beturned forwardly.

Thus it will be seen that as the shaft 100 is intermittently turned bythe pawl 109 -o-perating on the pins 102 of the disc 101,

the cam arm. 103, also secured toVK and turning with said shaft 100, isturned, and'that four depressions of the one complete revolution andthus operate operating key 92 is required to carry the cam arm 103around ates the cutter knife.

We will next describe the adding mechanism which carries forward thetotals 'of itemsset up on the cards as they are made, referrin .to Figs.7, 1 and 2. Mounted. across tie top ofthe machine, in suitable verticalsupports 113, 113, are'two series of counter wheels 114, 114, mounted ontwo shafts 116, and 117, provided on their outer ends. with thumbbuttons 118, 119, for hand manipulation in setting said counters back toneutral position. Said shafts have their supporting bearings in the sideplatesof the vertical supporting structure 113, 11'3, said p bearings`being open, whereby said counter y.shafts can be raised and lowered fora purpose hereinafter referred to.

To this fend said counter wheels and theirl shaf s are `mounted inpivoted arms at their opposite ends. Bearing shaft116 is connected tothe ends of the arms 120, 120, pivoted at their .opposite endsyto ashaft 121, while bearing shaftv 117, isvconnected inthe ends of the arms122, 122, pivcted on shaft 123. The counter wheels ofeach set areprovided with holding springs, as 124, mounted on suitable cross bars125.l These springs hold the counter wheels in roper register Vwhen theyare out of mesh with the rack segments 126. Said 'counter wheels aremounted to be raised and lowered outofand into mesh with the rackvsegments 126, which are pivotally mounted at a space apartcorresponding to the arrangement of the counter wheels,

/ Non a shaft-127, and the lower ends of said rack segments haveconnected therewith a series of springsr '128, attached: at their rearends to a cross plate 129, Fig. 2, for

drawing them` rearwardly yvhen released by the selecl:o1'"bars.in themanner hereinafter again referred to. "Referring to Fig. 7, -it will beseen that the rearl end of the selectorbar 41 is shown in a movedposition, also indicated Iin dotted lines in Fig. `2. Belar- ,ingagainst a lip 41c on the end of the sel lector baris an elbow lever 130,yieldingly attached tothe rack segment 126 by means of a vspring 131.When the selector bar 41v is forward, in its normal position, the racksegment 26 is also in its neutral position,

las indicated. `in Fig. 2. When akey 35 is depressed, a correspondingselector bar is released in a'manner hereinbefore described, and is drwn to a predetermined position, determined bythe stop 35a, on the keydepressed, Fig. 4.' The rearward movement of thesele'ctor bar 41,permits its corresponding rack segment to be moved forwardly acorresponding distance `for the purpose of -operating thecorrespondingcounter wheel.

ment'is accomplished as follows: The elbow lever 130 is' locked to therack segment by alever" 132, Fig. 7, pivoted between two This forwardmovement of the rackV seg-.. I

studs 133, 133, on the side of the rack segment 4126,l and moving in aplane transvversely of the plane of the rack segment.

The lower end of said elbow lever132 is provided with a shoulder 134,which nornormal position, and a selector bar 41is releasedand movesrearwardly, as shown inv Fig. 7, saidelbow lever 130 and the racksegment 126, are movedv together by the spring 128, operating on thelower end of the racky segment, indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 7.Thus the rack segment is permitted to move forwardly a distancecorresponding to the position the selector bar is moved, the racksegment operating its counter wheel accordingly. The rack segment 126and' the elbow lever 130 thus move together according to the distancethe selector bar 41 has been moved. When the'lever 132,mounted on theside of the rack segment, is tripped in a mannerhereinafter described,theraok segment isthen drawn forwardly a distance corresponding to onenotch, or until the stud 135, also on the side of the rack segment,engages the. end of the elbow lever 130, as itA hasdone in Fig. 7. Inother words, there is a relative movement between the rack segment 126and ythe elbow lever 130 for the distance of one notch of the racksegment.

wIn one'instance the rack segment 126 and the elbow lever -130 areheld'together by the spring 131 positioned relative Ato each other bythe lever 132. p In the othe-rinstance the rack segment and the elbowlever 13 0 are held together j'by the spring 131,3 but are positionedrelative to each other by the stud 135. The tripping'of the lever132permits the rack segment 126 to move forwardly 'another notch andthistakes place to permit a transfer from one counter wheel to the other.vEach ofthe counter `wheels is'v provided witlifa pinN 136, whichprojects laterally therefrom, ina position to engage a. rock andtrip.member 137, pivotally mounted, 'as at 138, between two cross plates139-139. The lower end of said trip bar isv Y-shaped, as at 137, wherebyit will engage the upper end of the lever 132, carried by the racksegment 126, no matter to what position said rack segment and the leverv132 has'been moved. Theupper end ofl said triplever 137 -is engaged bythe .pin '136(o1f1j the adjacent counter wheel-114 forthe pur,- pose oftripping said. trip lever 13 7`and the lever 132, forthe purpose ofallowing the adjacent rack segment to be carried forward one notch inmaking a transfer. This mechanism will be readily understood, as it isnot new but forms a cooperating element in the present combination.

The counter wheels are intermittently let down into mesh with the racksegments.

This action takes place just prior to the for,.

and 142,. shown separated in Fig. 7 for purposes of clearness, althoughtheselevers are mounted on-the same shaft, 143. The inner ends of ls'aidlevers 141 and 142 are connected with two ve-rtical links 143a and 144,normally lifted by the springs 145. Their upper ends are connected,respectively, with levers 146 and 147, which are connected with andoperate holding pawls 148 and 149. Pawl 148 is adapted to underlie andhold the arm 122 and its counter wheels in la'raisfed position and o utof mesh with the rack segments, as shown in Fig. 7. Pawl 149 is adaptedto underlie and yhold the arm 120 4and its counter wheels out of meshwith said rack segments, as shown.- These pawls Y are moved out ofsupporting positions by the cam points 140 and` their connections. Onthevertical link 143", F ig'. '7 is a .stud 143', adapted as saidlinkv isdrawn downn wardly, to engage an arm 150, which is connected with and`moves a latch bar 151, adapted to hook and hold a restoring bale 152,which extends across and. in front of `the rack segments, and is raisedfor the purpose of-restoringall of said rack segments to their normalpositions. This bale is shown in its raised position in dotted lines,

Fig. 2.- -Saidrestoring bale is mounted at its opposite ends on a shaft127, to which is .connected an arm 153, coniected by a link 154, toabell crank 155, pivoted atv156, and the other arm 155 of which isprovided .with a cam .roller 157, which loperates on a cam disc 158,having two cam oints 158, 158', as clearly seen in Fig. 7 Xlso mounted nshaft 100, is ase'cond cam disc 159, having two cam extensions 159',159', which engage and lift the lower end'of a bar 160, the upper end ofwhich is attached to the pivoted arm 16,1, the middle .portion of whichis arranged to engage a pin 162, on

115 ,out of meshwith the rack segments. The underside of the lever 120is engaged and lifted by the outer end of the lever 161, thus liftingthe counter wheels 114 out of mesh with the segments 126.

In order to control the movement of the rack segments Awhich operate thecounters wheels, an air dash pot 164 is provided, having -a piston andpiston rod, 165, connected by means of a link 166, to the bell crank155. The movement of said bell crank 155 rearwardly is caused by aspring 167, attached at its rear end to a cross piece 168, to which ,fare also attached the springs 42 which draw the selector bars 41rearwardly when they are released by the manipulation of the keys. Y

duced portion of said pin. Said valve pin'V 169 is returned with thepiston by means of `a pivoted arm 170, drawn inwardly by a Yspring 171,attached to the anchor pin 172. Thuswe have provided ar combination of'co-operating elements for automatically making, printing, punching anddischarging record cards, with means for accumulating ltotals of certain.of the information indicated on said cards. These coi-operatingelements or mechanisms may be briefly stated as followspaper or cardmaterial feeding Imechanism; key-controlled printing and punchingmechanism; Iselector mechanism. for determining the. positions Aof therecord punches; i tuated means for automatically operating the paperfeed, the punching mechanism, the adding mechanism, and for restoringthe se- Vvlecting and punching mechanism. Tn other words, as the paperis fed rearwardlyeach step between the die and the feed roller, thedifferent headings and divisions `are printed for the vfirst'horlzon'tal row of information; The manipulation .of the keys prints theinformation under said headings, the carriage advancing across themachine during the printing information. i The manipulation ofthe keysalso selectsJ and sets the means for operating'the punch pins. The tripkey throws in the clutch for the motor actuation of the machine,assuming that vthe motor is running.A The actuation feeds the end of thepaper or card material one step from the position at which it has beenprinted Aby Vthe' manipulation of the keys, then de-I presses the. punchb ar to make the record punches corresponding to the key-printed matter,cutsoff vthe card, and restores the punching mechanism to normalposition. `As the 4paper is fed another step the die y A J prints thesecond line of headings across the the arm .122, for `elifting thecounter wheels card. rThe keys are again manipulated for countermechanism; motor-ac printing the desired information, here-indicated bynumbers, vandthe trip key is again depressed. The counter mechanism isoperated, according to the machine here shown and described, only for apart of the information on the card shown in 8; that is, Va part of theinformation on lthe second horizontal row and that in the lowerhorizontal row is carried forward in the to-' tals, as desired. Thecards are thus made,

printed, punched and discharged, automativlimit the invention to'thisshowing except claims.

l. In a card` making machine, in combination, 4means for feeding cardmaterial thereto in long strip form, means for automatically "printingheadings thereon, keycontrolled means for printing data thereon as wemay be limited by the hereto appended under said headings, and means forpunch-I ing record holes through said card material under said headings.y

` 2. In a card" making machine, in combination, means for feeding cardmaterial thereto in long strip form, means for automatically printingheadings thereon, keycontrolled means for printing data thereonv undersaid headings, means for punching record holes through said cardmaterial under said fxheadings, said means being selective-ly'controlled by said key-controlled printing means, and separate lmeans.for

factuating said punching means. v

3. In a card making machine, in combi- I' nation, means yfor feedinglong strips of card material thereto, means for automatically printingheadings thereon, key-selected punching means for punching record holesthrough said card lmaterial under said headings, and separate, means foractuating said punching means.

4. In a card making machine, incombination, means for feeding longstrips of card material thereto, means for automatically printingheadings the-reonmeans for printing data thereon under said headings,means for punchingrecord holes through said card material under saidheadings, keys for operating said printing means and for selec- Jmeanswhen selectively set.-

tively setting said punching means', and separate lmeans 'for yactuatingsaid punching means.l l

5. In a card making machine, in combination, means for feeding longstrips of card material thereto, means fr automatically printing datathereon, means for punching record holes therethrough,'means ,for con-70 trolling said printing and punching means, whereby-the same data isindicated by print and punch on and through said card, and means fordischarging said card.

6. In a cardfmaking machine, in combination, means for feeding longstrips of card material thereto, means for automatically printing datathereon, means for punching f record holes therethrough, said recordholes corresponding to said printed data, and

means for cutting said card from said card material.

7. In a card making machine, in combination, means for feedinglong'strips of card material thereto, means for printing headingsthereon as said card material advances in said machine, key controlledmeans for printing data thereon under said headings, key controlledmeans for punching record holes therethrough u nder said headings, saidrecord holes indicating the same data as printed under said headings,and means for cutting said card from said card material and deliveringit from said machine. f f 8. In a card making machine, in combi- 9tion,.means for feeding card material-in strips thereto, means forprinting data thereon, means for punching lrecord-*holes therethrough toindicate the same data, said printing means and punching means beingselectively and simultaneously controlled from akey board, and akey-board for determining the data to be indicated -by print' and punch.Y 9. In a card making machine, in combination, means-for feeding cardmaterial 1n strips thereto, automatic means for printing headingsthereon as said card material advances in said machine,key-controlled'printing means for printing data thereon unde-r saidheadings, means for pun-ching record holes therethroughy to indicatethexsame data, said punching means being selectively` controlled 'bysaid key:controled printing. means, and key controlled means forautomatically cutting said card from said card material.

1,0. In a card making machine, in combination, means for feeding cardmaterial thereto, a die for automaticallyl printing 120 headings thereon.as it passes therethrough, key-controlled printing means for printingdata' under said headings, unching` means forpunching record .holes terethroughgto indicate the same data, meansfor selectively setting saidpunching means, and means for simultaneously operating said, punching11. In a card making machine, in combination, means for feedlng cardmaterial thereto, a die for printing headingsI thereon,`

" -printing means for printing data thereon under said headings, a key`board or max nipulating said printing means, means for punching recordholes through said card material under said headings to thus indicatethe-same data, said punching means' being selectively controlled fromsaidij key board, separate key-controlled means for automaticallyoperating said punching means,

and means for delivering the finished card.

12.l In a card making machine, in combination, means for feeding cardmaterial thereto, means for printing headings there-4 on, keyvcontrolledmeans for printing data thereon under said headings, meanssimultaneously controlled by .said keys for punchingrecord holes throughsaid card material under said headings to indicate the same data, andadding mechanism with operating connections for totaling certain of saiddata so indicated on said card.

13. In acard making machine, in co bination, means for feeding cardmaterial thereto, means for printing headings thereon as said cardmaterial advances in said machine, means Y.for printing data under saidheadings, keys for actuating said printthereon, means' for punchingrecord rholes- Ptherethrough, means for controlling said ing means,means for punching record holes through saidfcard material,said'punching means being selectivelyjand simultaneously controlled fromsaid keys, adding mechanism for totaling data indicated by record printand punch under said headings, and means for actuating the punchingmeans andthe adding mechanism, substantially as de'- scribed.

r 14. In a card makin machine, in combination, means for fee ing cardmaterial in strip form thereto, means for printing data printing ,andpunching means, whereby the same data ris indicated by print and punchon and through said card, adding mecha-f' nism 'for totaling `ndatayindicated 'on said card,I keysfor simultaneously operating the `printingmeans and for selectively setting the punching cmeans, andkey-controlled means for automatically operating the punching meansandthe adding mechanism,

substantially as described.

) 15. In a card making machine, in combi; nation, means for feeding cardmaterial thereto automatically, means for automatically printingheadings thereon as 'saidmaterial advances` in said machine, keyoperated printingmeans for printing data onsaid card material under saidheadings, punching pins for punchingholes through said vcard material,key-controlled selective mechanism for selectively positioning saidpins, and

means for simultaneously operating -the selected pins for punchingrecord holes through said card.

16. In a card making machine, in combi-r nation, meansv` for feeding,card ymaterial thereto automatically, means for automatically printingheadings thereon as said material advances in said4 machine, -keyoperated printing means or'printing data on said cardy material undersaid headings,

punching pins for punching holes through y said card material,key-controlled' selective mechanism for selectively positioning saidpins, means for lsimultaneously operating a said pins for punchingrecord holes throug -I said card, adding mechanism, and operating iconnections whereby data indicated on said card by print and recordholes `is totaled on said adding mechanism-` 17. Ina card makingmachine, in combi- .i

nation, means for prlnting data on said card, means for punching holesthrough said card to indicate the printed data, adding mechanism fortotaling data indicated on said card by print and holes, means forselectively positioning said'punching means during lthe printingoperation, and means for operating theI punchingmeans and the addingmechanism, substantially as described.

, 18. An automatic card lmaking machine comprising in combination, meansfor holding and feeding long strips of card mate-l rial in position, keyactuated printing means for lprinting data thereon, punch pins adaptedto be positioned to punch record holes therethrough to correspond Withlsaid ord'punches, means for adding data so indicated on said (iardmaterial, and `adding .mechanism With operating connections for totalingdata indicatedon-said card material by print and punch, and means forcutting the card from said card material, substantially as described. l

20. An. automatic card making machine comprising in combination, meansfor feeding long strips of cardmaterial into said machine, a travelingcarriage having keyoperated/ type bars for printing datav on said cardmaterial as said carriage ad-v vances across said machine, means formovel ing4 said carriage, vcontrolled by said keys,

punch pins adapted to be selectively positioned to punch record ,holes-throu h said card material,'means for automaticaIly and selectivelypositioning said punch pins during the operatlon of said keys. addingmechanism for totaling data indicated on said card, and meansforautomatically operating said punch pins, adding mechanism and on asitadvances in said machine. key7 op:

erated printing means for printing data` under Said headings, punch pinsfor punching record holes through said card material'to indicate saiddata, key controlled means for selectively positioning said punch pins.means for operating sald punch pms for punching the holes, means forrestoring said punch pins to their normal positions. adding 20 mechanismfor totaling data so indicated on said card material. and power meansfor operating said feeding` punching, and restoring means. substantialhYas described.

Signed at Portland, Multnomah County, 25 .()regon. this 5th day of June,1918.

ARTHUR S. TREW. FRANK A. BULLINGTOX.

In presence of- A. G. BROWN, W. R. LITZENBERG.

